I am an emeritus professor from Cornell University and was a Commissioned Lay Preacher in the Presbyterian Church (USA). For many years I have followed the Daily Lectionary as printed in the Mission Yearbook of my church. For each day of a two-year cycle, the lectionary lists four psalms and three other scriptural passages--usually one from the Old Testament and two from the New Testament. My practice is to copy down a verse or two from one of the psalms and from each of the other three passages. After I have written out all four selections, I reflect upon them, rearrange their order, and incorporate them into a meditation. Sometimes I retain much of the original wording; sometimes all that remains of a selection is an idea that was stimulated when I read the original words. All selections are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. For the Daily Lectionary, see the link below.


Holy to the LORD--April 29, 2012



O God of steadfast love,
you remembered us in our low estate
and you engraved in our hearts
"Holy to the LORD."

Remind us of this truth--
you call us to give the hungry food,
which is part of what it means
to be holy to you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 93; 150; 136; 117
Exod. 28:1-4, 30-38
1 John 2:18-29
Mark 6:30-44

Selected Verses
Ps. 136:23
It is [the LORD] who remembered us in our low estate,
      for his steadfast love endures forever…

Exod. 28:36
You shall make a rosette of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, "Holy to the LORD."

1 John 2:21
I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and you know that no lie comes from the truth.

Mark 6:37
But [Jesus] answered [his disciples], "You give [the people in the crowd] something to eat."
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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